Safety-pin.



'No.760,201. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

J. H. HARRIS.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 4. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Swuewfoz W'Meoaw UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904:.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,201, dated May 17, 1904.

Application filed March 4, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN HOWARD HARms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitzgerald, in the county of Irwin and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pins; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to safety-pins, and has for its object to provide a double orcompound safety-pin which is particularly adapted to be used on infants garments, but which may be used in number-less other capacities, as is obvious. I

My invention consists in the novel construction of the double safety-pin; and it consists particularly in the novel manner in which the pins are coupled.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pins coupled; and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same,showing loops engaging the spring-coil and guard of the smaller section.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout both figures, in which- 1 is my device, which consists of the pin members 2 and 3. The member 2, as clearly shown, is larger than the member 3, and the drawings also show the pins 4 and 5 pointing in opposite directions. Although this is not absolutely essential,I prefer this construction. The rear bar 6 of the pin member 2 is provided with preferably two loops 7 and 8, which are formed by making loops in the bar 6, as shown. Said pin member 2 is provided with the usual spring-coil 9 and the guard 10. The similar pin member 3 is also provided with the usual spring-coil 11 and the guard 12; but the said guard is not attached until the rear bar 13 is passed through the loops 7 and 8 of the pin member 2. After passing the bar 13 through said loops the guard 12 is secured in any convenient manner, and the loops 7 and 8 are of a distance apart in order to respectively engage the guard 12 and the spring-coil 11 of Serial No. 196,704. (No model.)

the pin member 3, so that when the two members are coupled there is no unnecessary longitudinal play between the two members. However, the construction provides for a free movement of one pin-section on the other, as is clearly obvious.

Having thus fully described my invention, its operation is as follows: In utilizing my double pin the pin-section 2 is attached to any fabric, while the pin-section 3 is attached to a separate piece of fabric or material. By disconnecting either of the pin-sections from its fabric or material the entire device will remain on the fabric or material from which the pin-section has not been detached.

I am aware that there are pins coupled together; but I lay no claim to the idea of coupling one pin-section to another pin-section; but the advantage derived from my construction is that there are no separate pieces utilized for coupling the pins, the entire device consisting of the two pin-sections solely, so arranged, as shown and described, as to form a very simple device, easy and cheap to manufacture, and composed of a minimum number of arts.

Although I have shown and described the very simplest manner of coupling two pinsections together, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction set forth, as various slight changes might be made therein which would fall within the limit and scope of my invention, and I consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. In a double safety-pin, the combination of a-pin-section, the rear bar of which is provided with two loops formed by bending the metal of said rear bar at right angles to said bar, and a similar pin-section having its rear bar passed through said loops to couple the said pin-sections together, substantially as described.

2. Ina double safety-pin, the combination of a pin-section having two loops formed in its rear bar, a similar pin-section having its rear bar passed through said loops to couple the two pin-sections parallel, substantially as described.

3. In a double safety-pin, the combination of tWo pin-sections, one of said sections being provided with a series of loops formed on the rear bar thereof, the rear bar of the other section passing directly through the said loops, said loops being at a distance from each other sufficient to engage the spring-coil and guard 1 of the latter pin-section to prevent longitu- I0 dinal movement of the said section, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN HOWARD HARRIS. WVitnesses:

HERBERT C. EMERY, C. HUGH DUFFY. 

